Name Awesome

Zillah

#7,483 in 2025Girls' name

Shade

Zillah has been given to 552 babies in the U.S. since 1881. In 2025 it ranked #7,483 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 20 recorded.

Babies named Zillah, 2025

1 in 221,000

Zillah over time, 1880–2025

Girls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zillah: meaning, origin, and history

Shade

Hebrew

What Zillah means

Zillah means “shade”, associated with צִלָּה.

Origin, language, and formation

Zillah is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Zillah comes through Hebrew צִלָּה.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 552 girls were recorded with the name Zillah between 1881 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 2024; its best national rank was #739 in 1881.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,073 in 2020 to #7,483 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,434 in 2015 to #7,483 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Zillah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 221,000
15 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 107,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#7,483
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
153,194 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zillah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zillah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zillahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zillah was born before 1929 — so the typical Zillah is around 96 today.

Median birth year
1929
About 96 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
19.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
45.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
273
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 19.0% of all recorded uses (105).

Is Zillah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,325
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,590
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+951
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.07×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
75.0%
Peak was 2024 (20)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#739
1881

Spellings of Zillah

Zillah is not the most common spelling — Willa is, with 33.7% against Zillah's 0.57%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Zillah around the world

Where Zillah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2024
    #5,892
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1988–2012
    #871
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Zillah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,483
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,590
Best rank ever
#739
1881
Peak year
2024
20 that year
First recorded
1881
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
552
Count in 2025
15

Names similar to Zillah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ZilahZilphaAmilahAnilahBellahTaylahNaylahLeelahNiylahAmylahSaylahMeelahZaylahJaelahShilahLeylahSeylahMakylahCalahXylahTalulahAlilahJailahIslah

Sibling names for Zillah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

Explore around Zillah

Top names of 2024, Zillah's peak yearThe 2020s in fullOther names that peaked in 1881Girls' names starting with Z